C2 to kill someone as a legal punishment(依法)处决,处死
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She was condemned to death and executed two weeks later.
A convicted murderer was executed in North Carolina yesterday.
Guy Fawkes was executed for treason after he took part in a plot to blow up the British Parliament building.
Anyone caught trying to escape from the prison camp would be executed on the spot.
A firing squad was ordered to take the prisoners to a nearby clearing and execute them.
C2 formal to do or perform something, especially in a planned way(尤指有计划地)实施,履行,表演
If you execute someone's will, you deal with that person's money, property, etc., according to the instructions in it.执行遗嘱
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